Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

"Initially, I received a report from hunters that an unknown creature with a 'brown-red shell', 'huge back swimming in the sea of ​​sand' and 'causing dust' was found in the northern part of the Great Desert.

I rashly concluded that it was the Haoshan Dragon and did not send hunters to confirm it more carefully, which led to serious damage to the Dragon Strike Fleet.

All of this is the responsibility of me as the president."

Before the formal discussion began, the old man who was once the head of the brigade and is now the president of the Barubare Guild took off his wide-brimmed hat and blamed the previous defeat.

Heinie waved her hands carelessly, "Don't rush to take the blame on yourself.

The judgment was made by us hunters who participated in the Brave Festival (Wandijiman Festival) and local scholars together with you.

With the information at that time, everyone would come to the conclusion that 'it is the Haoshan Dragon'."

Musa also nodded, agreeing with Heinie's words, and explained to Gordon and the others: "In theory, there are still a few months before the Haoshan Dragon arrives.

But at that time, we only regarded it as another abnormal migration of ancient dragons under the background of frequent ancient dragon unrest.

That's why we made a wrong judgment."

Faced with the slightly anxious statements of the three people, Gordon Hayata was a little puzzled.

Why do we make it seem like we are here to investigate the person responsible?

Gordon thought about it and then reacted.

The captain and the others might have misunderstood something.

From their point of view, the Balubare Guild had to ask for help from the Guild Headquarters because of the previous decision-making errors, which led to heavy losses in the Dragon Striker Fleet.

If the situation was not urgent, the first people they would have waited for would probably not be reinforcements, but guild knights who came to investigate the truth of the incident.

Let’s not talk about what Gordon himself thought.

At least in the eyes of others, Gordon, who had been based in Dongdoruma, was promoted by the guild, and was a disciple of the guild’s senior master, Master Cambe, was undoubtedly a direct descendant of the guild headquarters.

The only difference between him and Julius was the title of guild knight.

And Hayata’s identity was also a bit subtle. She was Gordon’s wife and had a special relationship with Barubare, making her the best candidate for intelligence.

The guild headquarters sent them here, and it seemed that they were here to provide support on one hand and to investigate on behalf of the guild on the other.

If this continued, there would be rifts in future cooperation.

After thinking this through, Gordon had to explain it in the most straightforward way.

"Don't think too much. We are here only as a support force. Right now, everywhere is a mess. The Great Elder should not be interested in pursuing responsibility.

As for why the two of us came here, it is also very simple. The Great Elder gave us several tasks to choose from, and Hayata chose this side."

The president and Musa were both stunned, and Heinie looked confused, "What are you talking about?"

After a moment of silence, the old man smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It seems that we really think too much. I am ready to resign and let Musa serve as the interim president."

"Ah? You..."

Musa wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the president's wave, "Let's not talk about this, let's get back to the topic.

At that time, there were two upper hunters and more than 20 elite hunters of three to five stars who set out with the dragon-striking fleet to intercept the 'Haoshan Dragon'.

Musa was one of them.

He knows what happened most clearly at the time, let him explain it to you directly."

Seeing Gordon and the others looking over, Musa had to swallow the words stuck in his throat and began to tell the story.

"There were five dragon-striking ships that set out together. Balubare's method of dealing with the Haoshan Dragon was different from that of Rocklak. Um, you know Rocklak's Harvest Festival, right?"

"Yes, we participated in it." Gordon nodded.

"That's easy to understand. Our Balubare's dragon-striking ships are not as big and strong as Rocklak's Fengshan Maru, but their firepower is not much inferior.

But we don't have the sand fleet and fishing fleet as assistance.

In the past, we used dragon-striking ships to surround and approach the artillery, restrain the restraint bombs, and continuously weaken the physical strength of the Haoshan Dragon, and finally climb the dragon to force it back."

Hayata nodded gently.

She had experienced all this on the first day she came to Balubare.

"We made all preparations based on the premise that our opponent was a Haoshan dragon, including sufficient artillery shells, heavy crossbow shells, restraint shells, and dozens of experienced hunters and sailors.

However, no one expected that what appeared in front of us was not a Haoshan dragon at all, but an unprecedented terrifying sandstorm."

The sky was covered with yellow sand. It was clearly noon with the scorching sun, but it was as dark as midnight.

On the top of the main mast of the flagship, Musa, wearing a scarf and goggles, tried to look into the distance.

If they hadn't worn these, they wouldn't even be able to breathe and see in the sandstorm.

Musa, who had to work hard to see something clearly, slid down the mast and quickly came to the captain.

In order to fight against the wind, he could only yell at the top of his lungs, "The visibility is too low! I can vaguely see a sandstorm at two o'clock! This sandstorm is wrong!"

As the captain of the flagship and the commander of the Jilong Fleet, he is a short and strong old man in his sixties.

His broad feet seemed to have nails, nailing his body firmly to the deck.

He felt the wind force and direction around him, and a series of orders were transmitted through flags and horns.

The Jilong Fleet began to turn.

The way to operate a sand boat, especially a large sand boat like a dragon boat, is completely different from that of a surface ship.

They couldn't stop in the wind and dust, and only the most experienced captain could lead everyone to find a relatively safe way out.

Fortunately, it was such a captain who was in charge of the command.

After dozens of minutes of thrilling sailing, the dragon boat team finally rushed out of the area covered by sand and dust.

For a moment, the sunlight in the sky made them unable to open their eyes.

The crew and hunters cheered and celebrated.

The old captain remained calm. He shouted and urged everyone to quickly confirm whether there were any casualties and check the damage to the ship.

Musa also climbed to the top of the mast again.

Without the obstruction of sand and dust, he could see very far with his excellent eyesight.

A creature of the size of the Haoshan dragon would inevitably raise sand and dust even if it was sneaking in the sand sea. As long as the lookout was not blind, there was basically no possibility of being attacked.

However, Musa felt an inexplicable sense of uneasiness in his heart.

He looked around and suddenly found that the sandstorms that appeared in the sandstorm were coming towards this side.

He immediately shouted to warn, "Seven o'clock! Ten kilometers! Sandstorms are approaching!"

The old captain immediately issued a series of new instructions, and the well-trained sailors responded very quickly. The fleet of five dragon-beating boats changed direction again as if they were one body.

But at this moment, the sand sea seemed to explode.

A huge shadow rushed out from the bottom of the sand sea.

Its size may not be comparable to that of the over 100-meter-long Haoshan dragon, but its body length of over 40 meters is definitely a behemoth.

The dragon-beating boat at the end of the fleet did not even have time to react before it was cut open by the huge blade-like flippers and overturned to the ground.

The moment the monster appeared, everyone realized that it was not the Haoshan dragon they imagined.

It was another creature they had never seen or even heard of.

But now they couldn't care so much.

"Attack!!!"

The fleet commander yelled, "All ships disperse! Load the heavy crossbows with restraining bullets! Fire the cannons!"

Everyone moved quickly, ready to wait for the guy to fall back into the sand sea and then give him a hard fight.

However, something beyond everyone's expectations happened again.

The huge unknown creature with heavy armor and a body structure similar to that of a turtle actually flew into the air with the force of rushing out of the sand sea.